Note: For the LS Pro (LS-GL), image.dat is called hddrootfs.img and the tarball of the root file system is called hddrootfs.buffalo.updated . If you are making an image for the LS-GL, you will need to alter the commands below accordingly.

There is only one requirment ->You have to know the password of image.dat

1) unzip the image.dat that resides in the zip-file of the base image with the right password

unzip image.dat

provide the right password for the firmware.

the result of this is a tmpimage.tgz...this is the tared root-filesystem of the firmware image.